CT 53, 310 (P313725)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 310 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313725 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To] the k[ing, my lord: your servant NN]. Good health to the k[ing, my lord]! |
| Obverse [2:8] o 33–o 88 | Concerning what the king, m[y] lord, [wrote to me]: "The chief of trade has to[ld me]: 'Bit-Kapsi of Ki[...] has not [submitted] to the command of the king, my lord'" — now (as to) what the chief of trade [said], let the king, my lord, ask and investig[ate: ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | some 20 men [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | they give [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | he said [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | has not settled [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | from my presence [......] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [Concerning] the town Piusi [about which the king, my lord], wrote to me: "[......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | the district [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [m]en of the tow[n ......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] there are 100, he [......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [...] is left, I cultivat[e ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia ARAD-ka {1}x x x x] | |
| 2 | lu DI-mu ⸢a-na LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 3 | ina UGU ša\d LUGAL EN-⸢li⸣ [iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 4 | ma-a {lu₂vy}GAL—ka-a-ri {lu₂vy}GAL—ka-a-ri iq-[ṭi₂-bi-a] | |
| 5 | ma-a {kur}E₂—kap-si ša\d {uru}ki-[x x x] | |
| 6 | ša\d pe-e ša\d LUGAL EN-ia la [ih-ta-an-ša₂] | |
| 7 | u₂\p-ma-a ša\d {lu₂vy}GAL—ka-a-⸢ri⸣ {lu₂vy}GAL—ka-a-⸢ri⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | LUGAL EN-li liš\d-ʾa-al ⸢lu-ṣi⸣-[ṣi x x] | |
| 9 | {⸢lu₂vy⸣}ERIM-MEŠ\m 20 [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | i-du-nu [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | iq-ṭi₂-bi [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | la u₂-še-ši-⸢ib⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | TA\m IGI-ia [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {uru}pi-u₂-si [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | iš\t-pur-an-ni ma-a [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢na⸣-gi-u₂ i-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ\m ša\d {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x] 01 me i-ba-šu₂-u-ni i-sa-[x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ re-he a-ra-⸢aš₂⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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